Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-09


! Of our present tariff laws should be de-
vlsed with especial precaution agains
imperiling the existence Of our manu-
featuring interests. But this existence
should not mean condition which
without regard to the public welfare or s
nsnonzl e,sIge1cY, must ALWAYS insure
the realization OF immense prof g ii stead
Of moderately profitable regurns. As the
volume 80 diversity q cur uGti2la sc
dvities increase, new recruits are added
10 t1?aa who desire
4 CONTINUATION OF TIE ADVANTAGES
which they conceive the present sYsJem
# terff t&xGtjon Affords them. 50 stub
b1TalY have 81! efforts to rcfurrl the pcss-
eDt condition Daen resisted by those Ct
orr fellow citizens thus engaged, Ebs.
they can hardly complain Cf Lho U-pjctun
ert2rsajCed 20 certain extent that, there
exists CT organized co.'s bina,icp ell glono
the line 10 MAINTAIN their advantage We
are IL the midst Of centennial ceiahr&-
tons, end with becoming pride We rti 1icG
in the Americ2is skjli ana Ingenuity,
American energy ana eater prise, and Ill
the wonderful DatuTal advantages ana re-
sources developed by a csntury' ; national
growth. Yet when al attempt is made
to justify scheme which permits tax
70 be laid upon every consumer and f9r
the bened6 OF our manufacturers
qaite beyCnd g reasonable demand for
governmental regard, IL salts tn purpose
Of advocacy to csll our manufacturers
infant industries, still needing the high
est ard greatest degree Of favor and foS-
teripg care thst can De wrung from fed
eTal legislation, It is also said that the
increase IL the price OF domestic manu-
factu7es resulting from the presen! t1fiff
is necessary in order that higher wages
may be paid to our Iorkingmen en-
picyed hv manufacturers than ars paid
FIR what is called Ice pauper labor OF
Europe Al will acknowledge the force
OF argument which involves the weliAra
and lib4rel compensation Of our LABOR, ID
hon. rail: in the eyes Of every American
citiz n, and, as Il lies at toe foundation
titled wilhou! effecta.ion or hypocrisy to
the utmost regard.
THE STANDARD OF OUR LABORERs' LIFE
ehOuld not be measured by that Of any
other country less favored, aud they are
entitled TO their full share OF all our ad-
vantage.
By the last censrs it is made to appear
that Of the II, 392 ,099 of our population
engaged IN 81 kihGs OF Industries, 1870
493 are employed in agriculture, 4, 074, 238
in professional aud personal service e.
934 ,S76 of which are domestic servants
and lEb0rert) -, While $50, 256 are employed
in trade and transportation, and 3 ,S37, 112
are ciassed IS employed in msnufActur-
ing and mining. For present purposes,
however, the last number given should be
considerably reduced. Without attempt
ing TO eEumeTR'e ali, it will be conceded
that there should he deducted from those
which Il includes 375 143 carpenters and
jaipers, 285 40I milliUers, dress makers
and segmstlesses, I72 72G blaCkSmiths,
1873 756 tailors and lGiloresses, 102, 473
mssons, IS 24l ru1chers, Al, 800 bakers,
% 0S3 plosterers, aud 1891 engaged in
mnnu(z curing agricultural implements,
in the aggregate 20 l ,2l4 ,023,
leaving 1923 ,0S9 persons employed in
such mdL utacturipg Industries as are
claimed 20 be beEa fitted by nigh tariff
TEEIR MINORITY SHOULD MAKE NO DIE
FERENCE
To these the appeal is made to save their
employment end MAINTAIN their wages by
resisting = charge. There eh0uld be no
! answer such suggestions
by the allegation that they ere in Il minor
itY among those who labor ald therefore
should fOreeO sn advantage IN the inter-
estB CT low prices for the majority. Their
as ! il may be affected by
the operation OF tariff laws should at all
times be scrupulously kept IN view; and
yer, with slight It fiction, they will not
overlook The fsct mat they are consumers
with the Test; thet they TOO have their
own wants and those Of their families 70
supply from their earnings, and TO sleV&te
the price Of the neCassaTies Of life as well
ss the amount Of their wages will not
regulate the measure of their welfare and
But the reduction Of taxation
demanded should be SO measured as moi
to necessitste or justify either the less OF
employ ment by the nottingham nor the
IF his wages, and the PFC frs
still remaining to the manufacturer after
3 necessary re6c jdstment
SBuCLD FURNISH NO EXCUSE
for The ssc'itce of the interests of his
EN- plGyes either in their opportunity to
work or IN the diminutiou Of their COM
NCr Ca1 the worker in manu-
lac u E., STA 10 understand thst while
nigh tzrff - cl4;m ID TO be necessary to
slow the pay Oh LIT # remuneratiye wages
It certsiuly res ults in very large increase
Ia the price Of nearly Sll sorts CT manu-
fac wnic>, n almost countless
iorms, 1e needs for the use Of himself and
bis family. He rte ives at the desk Of
lIs GuGpiUysT lis Weges and perhaps be-
fore he, reaches rs home is obliged il
purchase Tor his family use Of an article
Rhica en- braces lis own labor to return
n the payment OF the increase il price
which the tariff permits the hErd earned
OK
MANY DAYS OF Toll.
The tanner and tgricuiturist VINO
nothing, bat who pay the
price which the tariff imposes
upon eveIy>agriCultural implement, upon
I'll he wears and upon all he eats ard
OWNS except the increase Of his h2cks
and herds and such things SIS he,
Z mis- nus5sndry, produces from the soil,
s Invited 10 slo IN msintainilg the pres
ent situation, and he is told that s high
duty on imported wool IS necessary for
The benefit Of those who have sheep to
shear in order that the price OF their
VOC! may be increased. They Of course
aIe not reminded that the farmer who
las no sheep is by this scheme obliged in
lis purchases OF clotNipg and wooden
goods pay g trinU.e 10 MS fellow-farmer
IS Well IS 10 the ;nanpfacturer sud mer-
,hsnt. Nor IS e2y MT ntlon made of the
.acJ That the sheep owners themselves
md their households
MUST WEAR CLOTHING
md use other articles manufactured from
he wool they sell st tariff prices, and
hus as consumers must return their share
# this Increased price TO the tradesmar
think it may be fairly assumed that q
arge proportion Of the sheep owned by